Hi all,
New member/first time post here. I did a forum search and didn't find much so I'm assuming this is not a prevalent issue however I wanted to post this anyway if nothing other than for documentation.
My wife recently purchased a 2021 Z71 Tahoe with all the bells and whistles-panoramic sunroof, I mean it's loaded. And even though I am more of a Ford guy myself, this thing is way nicer than the new expeditions she was looking at and is overall a really sweet ride.
However, I noticed recently that she is getting excessive wear on the outer two front tires. For the record, she bought the truck with 4,000 miles on it and previous owner or dealer presumably had Nitto Ridge Grappler 275/65/r20 tires installed (I am guessing these tires do not come on the truck stock but I'm not 100% certain on that).
Anyway, it drives great, it does feel like the wheel is 'touchy' as in, a small input yields quite a significant reaction. However, it tracks straight as an arrow and rides excellent. Though the tire wear is indicating an alignment issue. We are taking it back to dealer to have alignment checked and adjusted if need be next week, but I wanted to see if anyone else had a similar experience?
I'm no mechanic but if I had to guess I would assume the Nitto Ridge grapplers overall profile differs from whatever came on the truck initially, and an alignment should have been done to compensate for this, and that may be why we are getting the symptoms we are now-that is just a WAG though-has anyone else had alignment issues with the 21 and up trucks or is this simply more likely a product of the tires being changed sans alignment compensation?
New member/first time post here. I did a forum search and didn't find much so I'm assuming this is not a prevalent issue however I wanted to post this anyway if nothing other than for documentation.
My wife recently purchased a 2021 Z71 Tahoe with all the bells and whistles-panoramic sunroof, I mean it's loaded. And even though I am more of a Ford guy myself, this thing is way nicer than the new expeditions she was looking at and is overall a really sweet ride.
However, I noticed recently that she is getting excessive wear on the outer two front tires. For the record, she bought the truck with 4,000 miles on it and previous owner or dealer presumably had Nitto Ridge Grappler 275/65/r20 tires installed (I am guessing these tires do not come on the truck stock but I'm not 100% certain on that).
Anyway, it drives great, it does feel like the wheel is 'touchy' as in, a small input yields quite a significant reaction. However, it tracks straight as an arrow and rides excellent. Though the tire wear is indicating an alignment issue. We are taking it back to dealer to have alignment checked and adjusted if need be next week, but I wanted to see if anyone else had a similar experience?
I'm no mechanic but if I had to guess I would assume the Nitto Ridge grapplers overall profile differs from whatever came on the truck initially, and an alignment should have been done to compensate for this, and that may be why we are getting the symptoms we are now-that is just a WAG though-has anyone else had alignment issues with the 21 and up trucks or is this simply more likely a product of the tires being changed sans alignment compensation?
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